10-5-2005

Staff AssemblyExecutive Council Meeting

October 5,2005

Approved 11 1605

Members Present: Shelly Daugherty, Connie Hickman, Karen Franks-Harding, BradyNielsen, Crystal Roberg, Rick Smith and Kathy Sherrick.

Agenda Topics Discussed:

-        The Gonzaga campaign “Educating People the World Needs Most” willclose on Thursday, October 20 with a special event in the McCarthyAthletic Center at 4:30 p.m.  Shelly encouraged StaffAssembly members, not only to attend, but to encourage others intheir departments to come as well.  T-Shirts are available forthose willing to attend.

-        Strategic Planning Steering Committee update.  Fr. Spitzer asked theuniversity to create a long range vision for the university thatwould integrate goals and vision statements from differentdepartments and schools into one comprehensive and cohesivestatement.  TheSteering Committee is then charged with the responsibility todevise a plan to achieve that integrated, long range vision.  It was suggested that asurvey among university members be done to discern their perceptionof the university’s strengths and weaknesses.  Such a survey would beanonymous and available in other forms beside electronic.

-        Staff Assembly representation and participation (ongoingdiscussion): 

           There is a need to educate the Gonzaga Community about what wedo.  To that endthe following suggestions were made:

o      Include an invitation to meetings on all minutes.

o      Members of Staff Assembly can visit various group/departmentmeeting,

§        for instance the Student Life Division that meets one Tuesdaymorning of each month.

§        Contact Supervisors via email. Follow up with phone call

o      Staff Assembly members could make it agoal to personally invite someone to meetings

o      Staff Assembly members can wear their SAshirts on meeting days

o      Staff Assembly Bulletin Board

§        A board is probably available in Adminbasement near Faculty Services

§        Post pictures, calendars, minutes,etc

§        Post a summary of accomplishments ofStaff Assembly

·       Crystal and Shelly will review previousmeeting minutes (especially June meeting minutes which recapaccomplishments of that year).

 -        Kathy Sherrick brought up the Board of Regents meeting on October21.  Suggested that forthe next on-campus meeting in April Staff Assembly could give apresentation highlighting our work (mission, vision, goals andaccomplishments).